Education Programs
Every youth has the right to honest, empowering sexual health and relationships education to help them make informed decisions for their future.
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Youth and Family Workshops
We offer two education workshops to youth and families to help guide them through these difficult conversations:
Prepping for Puberty for ages 8-12
Linking Families and Teens for ages 13-19
We offer these workshops twice and year, once in the fall and once in the spring. If you have any questions regarding programming, please contact our Education Team at bridgercare@bridgercare.org!
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Peer Ed
Facilitated by Bridgercare and Haven, the Peer Education team is a group of dedicated high school students. This group of teens meets weekly during the school year to learn about how to educate their peers and others about sexuality and healthy relationships in a way that is medically-accurate, developmentally-appropriate, evidence-based, and culturally-sensitive. Peer Educators also provide resources and referrals to their peers.
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Resources for Educators
Our Education Team (and our Peer Educators, if requested) are happy to come to private or public-school classrooms and youth serving organizations to teach age-appropriate lessons to youth from middle school through 24 years old on topics such as consent, body safety, LGBTQ+ education, healthy relationships, and sex. We work with the schools and teachers to modify our evidence-based programs based on the needs of the students and their families. Click below to email us about teaching in your classroom!
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Resources for Supportive Adults
At Bridgercare we recognize that not all people who take care of kids are parents. It is our intention to include and educate all supportive adults who help raise and educate kids of all ages. We’ve created this page to provide resources to build skills in starting and maintaining hard conversations with the young people in your life.
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LGBTQ+ Allies Trainings
Our educators, along with trained facilitators, teach three different LGBTQ+ Allies Trainings: Education Allies, Healthcare Allies, and Everyday Allies. These trainings seek to inform, educate, and empower community members in a safe, educational environment to be better and more informed allies. These trainings can be tailored to meet each setting’s unique needs (at our Education Team’s discretion). Please click below to learn which training may be right for you or your team!
What is Bridgercare Education?
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Medically Accurate
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Trauma Informed
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Developmentally Appropriate
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Culturally Responsive
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Inclusive
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Values Neutral
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Evidence Based
We love to work with individuals, schools, and community groups!
We love to work with individuals, schools, and community groups! To set up a presentation or workshop tailored to your needs, email our Education Team at bridgercare@bridgercare.org or call 406-587-0681!
Stay in the Loop on Bridgercare’s Education Programs!
Meet Our Educators!
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Anna Couch (She/ Her)
EDUCATION MANAGER
Anna started as the Education and Outreach Coordinator in October of 2022, and has since become Bridgercare’s Education Manager. She is thrilled to be providing education to this community because she received sex education in this valley herself! She graduated from Montana State University, where she was on a student-led research team that studied the experience of young adults who received sex education in Montana. When not advocating for sexual health, you can find Anna playing in the mountains with her pup or singing loudly to one of her new favorite songs in the car.
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Anne McBride (she/her)
EDUCATION PROGRAM COODINATOR
Anne is joining the Education Team after a year and a half of working at Bridgercare's front desk. She is deeply proud of the work that Bridgercare does in the community, and is excited to continue that work as the Education Program Coordinator! When not nose-deep in data and program expansion, you can find Anne on one of Bozeman's many world-class trails, watching competition baking shows, and pretending other people's dogs are her own.
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McKeely Shannon (She/Her)
EDUCATION SPECIALIST
McKeely was an education and development intern at Bridgercare from 2018-2019 and is stoked to rejoin the team as an educator! Her mother has been a nurse for 40 years and provided age-appropriate sex education conversations throughout her childhood. She felt prepared and confident in making decisions about her sexual health due to this education, but also witnessed friends and classmates in college not having the same foundational understanding. As a nursing student, and then as a Community Health major McKeely became passionate about sexual and reproduce health. When not teaching you can find McKeely reading speculative fiction and foraging tasty things to cook and bake.
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Kylie Bachich (She/Her)
EDUCATION SPECIALIST
Kylie grew up in Bozeman, her involvement with Bridgercare started in 2017-2019 as Peer Educator for her classmates in the Gallatin Valley. She is beyond excited to join the team as an Education Specialist and continue to provide comprehensive sex education around the state. Completing a degree in Public Health at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Kylie is passionate about supplying people with the tools needed to make informed and empowered decisions about their reproductive health. Outside of work Kylie is likely hiking, camping, or doing some other variety of outdoor activity with friends and family.
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